. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 697. The Adulteration of Honey— Shall it be Stopped i Written for the Bee Journal BY THOMAS 6. NEWMAN. After carefully reading the article by Prof. A. J. Cook, on page 663 of the Bee Journal for this week, I would like to say that I fully agree with him as to the crime committed by those who adulterate honey and sell it as genuine. And since the price of glucose has kept pace with the price of honey in its downward course, the villainous practices of adulterators have increased consider- ably. It is therefore a necessit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 697. The Adulteration of Honey— Shall it be Stopped i Written for the Bee Journal BY THOMAS 6. NEWMAN. After carefully reading the article by Prof. A. J. Cook, on page 663 of the Bee Journal for this week, I would like to say that I fully agree with him as to the crime committed by those who adulterate honey and sell it as genuine. And since the price of glucose has kept pace with the price of honey in its downward course, the villainous practices of adulterators have increased consider- ably. It is therefore a necessity to use every practical method to crush the viper which is seeking to destroy our honorable pursuit. Prof. Cook has made an excellent sug- gestion about the enactment of a United States law against adulteration. The Hon. R. L. Taylor is just the person to frame such a law, and I feel sure that he will do it. Then, at the Capital we have influential friends, who can aid us. A wonderful amount of assistance can be given to such a measure by Assistant Secretary Willits, of the Department of Agriculture (formerly President of the Michigan Agricultural College) ; Dr. C. V. Riley, Chief of the Division of Ento- mology, and Mr. Prank Benton, the Apiarist of the Department of Agricul- ture, as well as several others I might name, who are located at head-quarters. But there should be no attempt to conceal the fact that it will take money to have some one go to Washington and press the passage of such an Act of Congress. Are bee-keepers willing to put their hands down into their pockets and furnish the "sinews of war" for this purpose ? If so, it can be done ! To accompish it, three things are neces- sary, and without these it will be totally useless to make any move in that direc- tion, and these are : First, a determination to succeed. There must be no half-hearted, " milk- and-water" fighting—no dilatory tactics, nor foolish sensitiveness. We must go in for &q
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